NEXT KEY DATES:
- June 12th 2023: new case management conference in the CAT to set timing, evidence and more.
- June 21st 2023: final decision from the Competition Tribunal in South Africa.
- July 17th 2023: decision from New Zealand.
- July 18th 2023: The end of the second extension and final outside date in the merger agreement. ABK could quit by then and MS would have to pay a termination fee of $3,000,000,000. The parties could extended or even amend the merger agreement.
- Week of July 24th 2023: as soon as the CAT hearing could begin.
- August 2nd 2023: beginning of the FTC in-house trial.
- Late August/September 2023: decision from the CAT.
- Early 2024: decision from the FTC administrative law judge.
- Anything beyond: unknown
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